shanicerae / cmd-f-2019

3rd place overall at cmd-f 2019, Vancouver's first all-female hackathon!
https://kindherwords.com
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Add in disclaimer to explain word suggestions are not synonyms #4

Open nicolehli opened 5 years ago

nicolehli commented 5 years ago

We could add a disclaimer or expand our current "Make your words kinder with these suggestions:" to tell users the suggestions we provide are not synonyms to the flagged words (e.g. like suggesting slow when we flag elderly). To emphasize we just want to provide words so people can say what they mean and mean what they say with more vocab.

nicolehli commented 5 years ago

"Some words perpetuate negative connotations against gender, people with disabilities, race and age. Our tool wants to identify these words. Our word suggestions are not necessarily synonyms to your choice of words, but simply alternatives to let you say what you truly want to say.

Make your words kinder with these suggestions: "

Looks too wordy when in side panel, so I haven't pushed change. Working process, will think about it.